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LITTLE GOODY TWO SHOES. 


Once upon a time there lived an honest, 
industrious man named Meanwell. He 
lived upon a small farm which belonged 
to Sir Peter Grip. 

Sir Peter was a very hard, covetous 
landlord. Now, Hugh Graspall was a 
rich tenant of Sir Peter, and was as 
greedy as Sir Peter himself. 

So it came about that Graspall per¬ 
suaded Sir Peter to take away the lands 
held by Meanwell and other poor tenants, 
and let him have them to increase his own 
large farm. 

Meanwell was thus cruelly turned out 
of his little farm, which had enabled him 
to support a wife and two young children 

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called Tommy and Margery. He tried in 
vain to find another cottage with land. 
Care and misfortune shortened his days; 
and his wife, riot long after, followed him 
to the grave. 

On her deathbed she did not repine at 
her losses and sufferings, but humbly 
prayed that Heaven would watch over 
and protect her helpless orphans when 
she should be taken from them. 

At her death these poor children were 
left in a sad plight; and as there were but 
few people able to befriend them in the 
village of Mouldwell, where they lived, 
they could get no regular meals, and had 
to do all sorts of things to keep them¬ 
selves from starving. 

Indeed, at times they were obliged to 
put up with the wild fruits and berries 
that they picked from the hedges. They 
were also without proper clothes to keep 
them warm; and as for shoes, they had 
not even two pairs between them. Tommy, 


who had to go about more than his sister, 
had a pair to himself; but little Margery 
for a long time wore but one shoe. 

These two children in all their trials 
never ceased to love each other dearly, 
nor did they forget the good lessons 
which their kind mother had taught 
them. 

And well did they deserve her anxious 
love, and the earnest prayers she had 
offered up to Heaven for their welfare. 
They never murmured, nor ever thought 
of taking anything from their neighbors, 
however hungry they might be, but were 
always looking out for some sort of work, 
although but little of that did they get. 

But this hard lot really befell them for 
their good; for without it how could their 
excellent qualities have been so well 
brought out, and their praiseworthy con¬ 
duct have become the talk of the village 1 ? 

Heaven, indeed, had heard their dying 
mother’s prayers, and had watched over 

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and protected them through all their 
troubles. Relief was at hand, and better 
things were in store for them. 

It happened that Mr. Groodall* the 
worthy clergyman of the parish, heard of 
their sad wandering sort of life—for they 
were without a home, and had generally 
to sleep in some barn or outhouse —and 
so he sent for the two children. He kindly 
offered to shelter them until they could 
get regular work to do. 

Immediately after this unlooked-for 
blessing had fallen upon them, a gentle¬ 
man of rank and wealth came from Lon¬ 
don on a visit to the parsonage. No sooner 
did he hear the story of the orphans than 
his heart warmed toward them, and he 
resolved to be their friend. 

The very first thing he did was to order 
a. nair of shoes to be made for Margery. 
He also placed money in her hand to 
buy good and suitable clothes with. 

But he did much more than this for 


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Tommy. He not only bought clothes for 
him, but he also offered to take him to 
London and educate him, and then give 
him a fine start. 

When the time arrived for her brother 
to start off with his generous friend, Mar¬ 
gery was in great trouble. With her eyes 
filling with tears, they embraced each 
other over and over again. But Tommy, 
in order to comfort his weeping sister, 
promised he would not fail to come over 
to Mouldwell to see her, when he should 
return from foreign countries. 

After he was gone Margery began to 
recover her usual cheerfulness. She knew 
it was of no use to keep on crying; but 
what helped greatly to put her into good 
spirits was the pleasure she took in her 
new shoes. As soon as the old shoemaker 
brought them she put them on, and ran 
at once to the clergyman’s wife, crying 
out with glee, as she pointed to them: 

“Two shoes, ma’am! See, two shoes!” 


These words, “ two shoes! ” she kept on 
repeating to everybody she met, and so 
she came to be called for a long while 
after by the name of GOODY TWO- 
SHOES. 

Now Margery was a thoughtful little 
girl. After living at the parsonage some 
little time, she noticed more and more 
how good and wise the clergyman was. 
She could only suppose that this was 
owing to his great learning. 

The poor girl then felt ashamed of her 
own ignorance. She became very anxious 
to learn how to read and write, although 
at that time, in distant country places, 
very little instruction was given to poor 
children. 

Mr. Goodall, however, when he found 
how desirous she was to improve herself 
in every way, kindly taught her what she 
most wished to know. As he was a clever 
man, he took care that she should not 
learn by rote; so as she advanced, he made 


her think well over each lesson. Though 
this made her progress a little slower, she 
became in time a better scholar than any 
of the children who went to the village 
school. 

As soon as she found that this was the 
case, she began to reflect that it was her 
duty to devote some of her spare time, 
with Mr. Goodall’s permission, to the in¬ 
struction of such poor children as could 
not go to school. 

After much thinking and contriving, 
she hit upon a simple but clever plan to 
get these ignorant children to attend to 
her teaching. She knew that the differ¬ 
ent letters of the alphabet were sufficient 
to spell every word — only that those 
used as capital letters were larger than 
the others. 

Now in those times few books were 
printed, and it was very seldom that the 
poor people had any. But Margery got 
around this difficultv by cutting, with a 


good knife, out of several pieces of wood, 
six sets of capital letters like these: 

ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOP 
QRSTU.YWIYZ. And ten sets of 
these common letters: 

abcdefghijklmnopqrst 
u v w x y z. 

When, after much pains and trouble, 
she had finished all these wooden let¬ 
ters, she managed to borrow an old spell¬ 
ing-book. With the help of this, she made 
her playmates set up the words she 
wished them to spell. 

Her usual way with them, when she 
could get several of them together about 
her, was this: 

Suppose the word to be spelled was 
"‘Pudding,” (she always chose words at 
first that sounded pleasant to her little 
pupils’ ears); one of the children from 
the circle around her, brought the cap¬ 
ital letter “P” from the large set. The 

next picked up “u” from the small set. 

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Then the next two brought a “d” each, 
the next “i,” and so on, until the whole 
word was spelled. 

Margery, in her simplicity, fancied that 
the first steps in knowledge ought to be 
as much like play as possible. The result 
proved how right she was, for her little 
companions were always eager for this 
“game,” as they called it. How sorry 
they were if they were thrown out by 
picking up a wrong letter, and had to 
play no more that morning. 

Before long not only her poor pupils, 
but their ignorant parents, too, were very 
thankful for the trouble she took in 
teaching her playfellows. 

As it often happened that they could 
not be spared to be with her of a morn¬ 
ing, she would then go round to their 
different cottages to teach them, carry¬ 
ing her wooden letters in a basket. 

On one of these occasions the worthy 

clergyman asked a friend of his, a sub- 
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stantial yeoman named Rowland, to ac¬ 
company Margery in her rounds. The 
clergyman wanted him to judge, as an 
eye-witness, of the results of Margery’s 
teaching. This good man was much 
pleased with all he saw and heard. As 
he gave his opinion in writing to Mr. 
Goodall, we cannot do better than make 
use of his own words. 

“After setting out, Margery and I, we 
first came to Jerry Hodge’s. Ho sooner 
had we tapped at the door than the cot¬ 
tager’s wife came out. When she saw 
Margery she. said, ‘Oh, if it isn’t little 
Goody Two-Shoes. I’m right glad to see 
thee, that I be! Pray come in, and this 
good gentleman too, that ye may both see 
how well our Billy has learned his 
lessons.’ 

“The poor little fellow, I found, could 
not speak plainly. But he had learned 
all his letters, and was quite able to pick 

them out and put them together in short 
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words when asked to do so. 

“The next place we visited was Widow 
Giles’, who, to protect herself at night, 
keeps a fierce-looking dog. The moment 
Margery opened the gate he began bark¬ 
ing at a great rate. This called out his 
mistress, who scolded him sharply for 
daring to bark at Goody Two-Shoes. 

“After quieting the noisy cur, she asked 
us in, and seemed very proud to show how 
clever her little Sally was in learning her 
lessons. 

“Indeed, I found the child was very 
readj r at spelling, and she pronounced the 
words clearly and correctly, also. 

“We then called at Toby Cook’s cot¬ 
tage. Here a number of children were 
met together to play. They all came 
round Margery very fondly, and begged 
her to ‘set the game’ for them. 

“She then took out her wooden letters 
from her basket, and asked the girl who 
was next to her what she was to have 


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for dinner. ‘Apple pie,’ she answered, 
and went to look for a capital ‘A’; the 
next two produced a ‘p’ each, and so 
they w r ent on until they had spelled 
‘Apple pie’ complete. 

“Other words were given by the chil¬ 
dren., These words were chiefly the 
names of things they liked and were 
used to, such as bread, milk, beef, 'etc. 
They were for the most part spelled care¬ 
fully, very few mistakes being made, 
until the game was finished. 

“After this, she set them the following 
lesson to get by heart: 

‘He that will thrive 
Must rise by five.’ 

‘He that has thriven 
May lie till seven.’ 

‘Truth may be blamed, 

But cannot be shamed.’ 


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‘Tell me with whom you go, 

And I’ll tell what you do.’ 

‘A friend in need 
Is a friend indeed.’ 

‘ Love your friends who are true, 
And your friends will love you.’ 

“Margery next took me to see Kitty 
Sullen. This little girl used to be very 
self-willed and vain, because she could 
dress more finely than the poor cottagers’ 
children. I was glad to see, however, that 
she paid attention to Margery’s good ad¬ 
vice. I hear it generally reported that 
Margery has done wonders by setting her 
an example of humility and kindness, 
and that she has much softened her stub¬ 
born heart. 

“ On our way homeward we saw a well- 
dressed gentleman sitting under a couple 

of great trees, at the corner of the rook- 
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ery. He had a sort of crutch by him, and 
seemed to be ailing. 

“But perhaps this was partly put on, 
that he might try Margery’s wit, for as 
soon as he saw us he called out to her to 
come near him. Then he said, more in 
jest than in pain, ‘Pray little maid, can 
you tell me what I must do to get well?’ 
‘Yes, good sir,’ she replied readily, ‘go to 
bed when the rooks do, and get up with 
them at morn; earn, as they do, what you 
eat; and then you will get health and 
keep it.’ 

“The gentleman seemed quite taken 
with the good sense of her reply, and 
with her modest look, too. He begged her 
to accept a small silver coin as a token of 
his regard for her merit.” 

One day, as Margery was coming home 
from the next village, she met with some 
wicked, idle boys. They had tied a young 
raven to a staff, and were just about to 

make a victim of the poor thing by throw- 
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ing stones at it. 

• Margery offered at once to buy the 
raven for a penny, and this they agreed 
to. She then brought him home to the 
parsonage. She named him Ralph, and a 
fine bird he was. She soon taught him 
to speak several words, and also to pick 
up letters and even to spell a word or 
two. 

There was a wealthy knight living in 
the village who was named Sir Walter 
Welldon. This man knew an elderly 
widow lady who had once been rich, but 
now was quite poor. Some years before 
Margery began to teach the poor cot¬ 
tagers’ children, Sir Walter had set up a 
small school in the village of Mouldwell. 
Then he had gotten the widow to teach 
the children of those who could afford to 
pay something for it. 

This gentlewoman’s name was Gray, 
and the children all loved her. But at 
length she was taken seriously ill, and 

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was no longer able to attend to her 
duties. 

When Sir Walter heard of her illness, 
he sent for Mr. Goodall and asked him 
to look out for some one who would be 
able and willing to take Mrs. Gray’s 
place as mistress of the school. 

The worthy clergyman could not think 
of anyone so well qualified for the task 
as Margery Meanwell. Although young, 
she was grave beyond her years, and was 
growing up to be a comely maiden. When 
he told his mind to the knight, Margery 
was chosen by the latter at once .as the 
successor of poor Mrs. Gray. 

Sir Walter continued to be very good 
to the sick widow until she died, which 
happened shortly afterward. 

The knight likewise built a larger 
schoolhouse for Margery’s use. This she 
needed, for she would have all her old 
pupils w r ho could not afford to pay, come 

to school, too, as well as the regular 
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scholars belonging to it. 

From this time no one called her 
“Goody-Two-Shoes,” but generally Miss 
Margery, and she was more and more 
liked and respected by her neighbors. 

Soon after Miss Margery had become 
mistress of the school she was lucky 
enough to save a dove from the hands of 
some cruel boys. They had been torment¬ 
ing the poor creature. She called him 
Tom, in remembrance of her brother who 
was now far away. 

She had had no word from him ever 
since he left her. But people didn’t write 
letters in those days as we do now, and 
there was no such thing as a post office 
to be seen anywhere. 

Tommy, the dove, learned to pick up 
a few letters, but he was not so clever as 
Ralph the raven. She could not teach 
him to utter a single word. 

About this time a lamb had lost its 
mother, and its owner was about to have 

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it killed. When Miss Margery heard of 
this she bought the gentle creature from 
him and brought it home. She thought it 
would please and benefit her pupils by 
putting such an example before them of 
going early to bed. 

Some of the neighbors, when they 
found how fond of such pets Miss Marg¬ 
ery was, gave her a nice, playful little 
dog, called Jumper. They also gave her 
a skylark. 

Now, Master Ralph was a shrewd bird, 
and a bit of a wag, too. When Will the 
lamb and Carol the lark made their ap¬ 
pearance, the knowing fellow picked out 
the following verse, to the great amuse¬ 
ment of everybody: 

“ Early to bed, and early to rise, 

Is the way to be healthy, wealthy and 
wise.” 

Miss Margery was always trying to be 
useful to her neighbors. Knowing more 

than they did, she was often able to give 
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them good advice. She also saved them 
from losses which would have come 
through their own ignorance. 

Many of these good folks depended 
much on their hay. Now, a traveler came 
from London. He presented Miss Marg¬ 
ery with a new kind of instrument, called 
a barometer. 

This barometer wasn’t nearly as good 
as the ones we have now, but it helped 
her to know what the weather was going 
to be a day or two ahead. 

Margery would look at it, and then tel 1 
the people, and then they could get their 
hay in before it rained. 

This caused a great deal of talk about 
the country. The people of the distant 
villages were provoked at the better luck 
of the Mouldwell folks. 

They said Miss Margery was a witch, 
and sent old Nicky Noodle to accuse her 
of it. He was also to get all the evidence 

he could against her. 

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Nicky Noodle was a numskull and a 
gossiping busybody, and when he saw her 
at her schoolhouse door, with her raven 
on one shoulder and the dove on the 
other, the lark on her hand, and the lamb 
and little dog by her side, the sight took 
his breath away for a time. He scamp¬ 
ered off crying out, “A witch! a witch! a 
witch! ” 

Miss Margery laughed at the simple¬ 
ton’s folly. But she did not know how 
much folly and wickedness there was in 
the world, and she was greatly surprised 
to find that the half-witted Nicky Noodle 
had got a warrant against her. 

At the meeting of the justices, before 
whom she was summoned to appear, 
many of her neighbors were present. 
They were there, ready to speak up for 
her character, if needful. 

But it turned out that the charge made 
against her was nothing more than 

Nicky’s idle tale that she was a witch. 

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Nowadays, it seems strange that such a 
thing could be. But in England, at that 
time, many silly and wicked things were 
constantly being done. These things 
were being done especially by the rich 
and powerful against the poor—such 
things as would not now be borne. 

Among such old blind follies was a 
common belief in witchcraft. Anybody 
who practiced it was severely punished 
by law. Many a poor harmless old woman 
was tortured even to death, because her 
neighbors had a spite against her, and 
charged her with being a witch. 

It happened that among the justices 
who met to hear this charge against Miss 
Margery there was but one silly enough 
to think there was any ground for it. His 
name was Shallow, and it was he who 
had granted the warrant. 

But she soon silenced him when he 
kept repeating that she must be a witch 
to foretell the weather, besides having 

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many strange creatures about her. 

Margery pointed to the friends who 
had come to speak for her character and 
her truth. She said, very calmly, looking 
at this weak man full in the face? 

“I never supposed that any one here 
could be so weak as to believe that there 
was any such thing as a witch. But if 
I am a witch, here is my charm,” she 
added, laying her weather-glass upon the 
table. “This, alone, has helped me to 
know the state of the weather. And as 
for my animal companions, your worship 
even might profit as I have done by their 
good example. My tender dove,” she con¬ 
tinued, “is a pattern of true love; my 
watchful raven of forethought; my joy¬ 
ous lark of thankfulness; my gentle lamb 
of innocence; and my trusty dog of 
sagacity. If it be witchcraft to have such 
teachers to remind me of my duties, then, 
indeed, am I a witch, please your worship 
—at your service.” 


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Fortunately Sir Walter Well don, one 
of the justices present, was well ac¬ 
quainted with the use of the new instru¬ 
ment. He explained its nature to his 
foolish brother justice, and turned the 
whole charge into ridicule. 

He finished by giving Miss Margery a 
high character for knowledge, prudence, 
and charity. 

The bench of justices not only released 
her at once, but gave her their public 
thanks for the good services she had done 
in their neighborhood. 

One of these gentlemen, Sir Edward 
Lovell, was an intimate friend of Sir 
Walter’s. He became very much at¬ 
tracted by her virtues and abilities. As 
he had lately been left a widower, he of¬ 
fered her very liberal terms if she would 
consent to come to his house, take the 
management of it, and educate his daugh¬ 
ter also. 

She respectfully declined this hand- 
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some offer. She thought it was her duty 
to continue teaching the children of the 
poor, because she feared they would re¬ 
main in ignorance but for her, 

Several months after this, Sir Edward 
fell ill, and was for some time in a state 
of danger. He was quite unable to man¬ 
age his house and look after his dear 
children. He then repeated his request 
that Miss Margery would come to take 
charge for him. 

The thoughtful young woman then 
took counsel with her kind old friend, 
the clergyman. By his advice she agreed 
to undertake the proposed employment 
until Sir Edward should regain his 
health. 

She completely won that gentleman’s 
respect and admiration by her skill and 
tenderness in nursing him during the re¬ 
mainder of his illness, and by the great 
care she took of his children. All the 
members of his household loved her for 


her goodness. 

By the time that Sir Edward fully re¬ 
gained his health he had become more 
and more attached to Miss Margery. He 
thought she could hardly be matched 
for propriety of conduct, for good sense, 
and for sweetness of temper. With all 
this he fancied, too, that she had not her 
equal anywhere for good looks. 

When she talked of going back to her 
school he felt dull and melancholy. After 
due reflection, he offered her his hand in 
marriage. 

We know already how modest and free 
from vanity and false pride Miss Marg¬ 
ery was. This proposal, therefore, took 
her quite by surprise. She thought her¬ 
self so undeserving of the honor intended 
her, that at first she was inclined not to 
accept it, but this her rich suitor would 
not hear of. 

She yielded at last, as her true friends, 
Sir Walter and Mr. Goodall, persuaded 

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her that she would then be enabled to do 
many more good works than she had ever 
done before. 

She had not at all objected because she 
did not like Sir Edward, for she really 
loved and admired him as he deserved. 
It was only because she feared it was not 
her duty to leave her old humble friends 
to be a fine lady. 

All things having been settled, and the 
day fixed, the great folks and others in 
the neighborhood came in crowds to see 
the wedding. And glad they were that 
one who had, ever since she was a child, 
been so deserving, was to be thus 
rewarded. 

Just as the bride and bridegroom were 
about to enter the church, their friends, 
who were assembled outside, were busily 
engaged in watching the progress of a 
horseman. He was handsomely dressed 
and mounted, and was as gay in appear¬ 
ance as a courtier. 


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He was galloping up a distant slope 
leading to the church, as eagerly as if he 
wanted to get there before the marriage 
should take place. 

All was in readiness for the holy cere¬ 
mony to commence, and the clergyman 
was just going to open his book, when in 
rushed a strange gentleman, richly 
dressed. It was no other than the horse¬ 
man who had been before noticed by the 
crowd. 

He rushed into the church, calling out 
that they should stop the marriage. All 
were astonished at this interruption, 
particularly the couple about to be 
united. The stranger addressed each of 
them apart. 

During this parley the bystanders 
were more and more surprised, especially 
when they saw Sir Edward standing al¬ 
most speechless, and his bride crying and 
fainting away in the stranger’s arms. 

But this seeming grief was soon over 

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and was presently converted into a flood 
of joy. This gentleman, so elegantly 
dressed, proved to be no other than Marg¬ 
ery’s brother, our former acquaintance, 
little Tommy, now Mr. Meanwell, just re¬ 
turned with great honor and profit from 
a distant foreign country. 

As soon as the news reached him that 
his sister w T as going to be married, he re¬ 
solved to take horse from London, where 
he then was, and come to where she was. 
He wanted to find out whether it was a 
suitable match for one so dear to him as 
Margery w T as. He was now able to give 
a fortune to her if she needed it. 

All was soon explained, and the loving 
couple then returned to the altar. And 
so they were married, to the satisfaction 
of all present. 

After her happy marriage, Lady Lovell 
continued to practice all kinds of good. 
She gave large sums for charity. She 
went constantly about visiting the poor, 

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cheering them up, helping them in their 
troubles, and comforting them in 
sickness. 

The school of which she had been the 
mistress also received her attention. She 
increased and improved it, and placed a 
poor but worthy scholar and his wife to 
take charge of it. 

She lived happily with Sir Edward for 
many years; and as her life had been re¬ 
garded as the greatest blessing, so her 
death was looked upon as the greatest 
calamity that had befallen the neighbor¬ 
hood for many years. 


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Heavenly Twins. Farce for 13 or more characters - - .25 

Mirth Provoking School Room. Farce for 14 or more 

characters .-. 25 

New Motion Songs. For all grades . .25 

Normal Dialogue Songs. Dialogues, characters, etc. - .40 

Old Time Humorous Dialogues. For young and old - - .40 

Practical Dialogues, Drills and Marches. For all grades 

and all occasions.-. 4.Q 

The Dear Boy Graduates. A four-act farce ..25 

Special Days in Primary Grades. Washington, Lin¬ 
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The most popular works of standard authors and poets 
arranged for use in schools, with introductions, explanatory 
notes, biographical sketches, portraits, and illustrations. 

Also elementary stories of nature, myth, history, industry, 
geography, biography, and literature. The grading sug¬ 
gested has been extensively followed by teachers with very 
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conditions. 

The books have been carefully edited, are clearly printed on 
good paper, and have extra strong paper cover. Each book 
in the LITTLE CLASSIC SERIES contains thirty-two pages. 


SEVEN CENTS PER COPY 

Twenty Copies for $1.20 


Third and Fourth Grades 

No. 

2831 Aunt Martha’s Corner Cupboard— 

Part I. 

2832 Aunt Martha’s Corner Cupboard— 

Part II. 

2833 Aunt Martha’s Corner Copboard— 

Part III. 

2808 How Little Cedric Became a 
Knight. 

2835 The Little Brown Pitcher. 

2737 The Golden Bird and Seven Ravens. 

2836 The Little Brown Man. 

2821 Longfellow and Hiawatha. 

2837 The Queer Little Tailor. 

2815 Stories of Old New England. 

2839 Drakestail and Choosing a King. 
2739 Daffydowndilly and the Golden 

Touch. 

2903 A Christmas Carol. 

2822 Stories of Sir Launcelot and Other 

King Arthur Stories. 

2840 Story of Leather, Boots and Shoes. 

2816 The Story of a Beehive. 

2922 Miss Alcott’s Girls. 

2741 Two Brownie Parties. 

2841 The Story of King Corn. 

2817 Stories of ’76. 

2925 The Story of Coal. 

2805 Some of Our Birds. 

2926 The Story of Wheat. 

2818 Arthur, The Hero King. 

2927 The Story of King Cotton. 

2806 King Arthur Stories. 


Fourth and Fifth Grades 

No. 

2928 The Story of Sugar. 

2919 The Story of Daniel Boone. 

2929 The Story of Lumber. 

2913 American Naval Heroes. 

2930 The Story of Iron. 

2834 Little Goody Two Shoes. 

2931 Night Before Christmas and Other 

Christmas Poems. 

2907 Our Pilgrim Forefathers. 

2932 The Story of Granite, Copper and 

Zinc. 

2901 The Story of Abraham Lincoln. 

2933 The Story of Marble and Slate. 

2920 The Story of Washington. 

2934 The Story of Fruit. 

2914 The Story of Benjamin Franklin. 

2935 Norse Heroes. 

2908 A Longfellow Booklet. 

2936 Norse Myths. 

2838 The Bluest of Blue Birds. 

2937 Norse Legends. 

2902 The Norse Seamen and Christo¬ 

pher Columbus. 

2915 The Story of the Revolution. 

2909 Henry Hudson and Other Explor¬ 

ers. 

2916 Miss Alcott’s Boys. 

2910 Orioles, Bobolinks and other Birds. 
2923 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Fourth and Fifth Grades. 

2917 Grace Darling and Florence Night¬ 

ingale. 


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geography, biography, and literature. XL ' > 6 .ading sug¬ 
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The books have been carefully edited, are clearly printed on 
good paper, and have extra strong paper cover. Each book 
in the LITTLE CLASSIC SERIES contains thirty-two pages. 

SEVEN CENTS PER COPY 

Twenty Copies for $1.20 


Fifth and Sixth Grades 


No. 

3009 The Pied Piper of Hamlin and 


No. 

2938 The Story of Gold and Silver. 

2911 The Story of Jeanne (Joan)D’Arc. 

3020 The Story of Our Flag. 

2923 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Fourth and Fifth Grades. 

2939 The Story of Oil. 

2905 The Three Golden Apples. 

2940 Longfellow’s Poems. 

2924 The Story of Electricity. 

3002 Rab and His Friends. 

2918 William McKinley. 

3021 The Great Stone Face. 

2912 The Discovery of America. 

2943 The Story of Paper, Pens, Pencils, 

3019 The Story of Steam. 

2944 The Story of Printing. 

3013 Father Marquette. 

2945 The Story of Newspapers and 

Books. 

3007 The Miraculous Pitcher. 

3025 The Story of Robinhood. 

3001 The Story of La Salle. 

Sixth and Seventh Grades 

No. 

3026 The Story of Motors. 

3014 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Sixth Grade. 

3016 Rip Van Winkle and Author’s Ac¬ 
count of Himself. 

3008 The King of The Golden River. 

3027 The Story of Glass. 

2941 The Golden Fleece. 

3028 The Meat-Packing Industry. 

2942 Whittier’s Poems. 

3029 Tennyson’s Poems. 

3015 The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. 

3030 Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare— 

Part I. 

3031 Lamb’s Tales from Shakespeare— 

Part II. 


Other Poems. 

3011 The Song of Hiawatha—Abridged. 

3003 The Snow-I mage. 

3032 Primitive Travel and Transporta¬ 

tion. 

3022 The Courtship of Miles Standish. 

3033 The Story of Ships and Shipping. 
3024 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 

For Seventh Grade. 

3034 Ocean Routes and Navigation. 

Seventh and Eighth Grades 

No. 

3035 American Railway Systems. 

3018 The Rime of the Ancient Mariner. 
3010 Evangeline. 

3036 Horatius at the Bridge, and Other 

Poems. 

3012 The Cotter’s Saturday Night and 

Other Poems. 

3037 Lowell’s Poems. 

3004 Thanatopsis and Other Poems. 

3006 The Deserted Village (Goldsmith) 

and Gray’s Elegy. 

3038 Washington’s Farewell Address 

and Other Papers. 

3122 The Vision of Sir Launfal and 
Other Poems. 

3039 Prisoner of Chillon and Other 

Poe ms. 

3017 Snow-Bound and the Corn Song. 
3115 The Magna Charts. 

3040 Sir Roger De Coverley Papers. 

3041 Carrying the U. S. Mail. 

3108 Speeches by Lincoln. 

3005 Enoch Arden. 

3101 Sohrab and Rustum. 

3042 Navigating the Air—Electric Rail¬ 

ways. 

3107 Famous Poems of Famous Poets— 
Eighth Grade. 


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